The parable of the Last Judgment begins by saying that Jesus will separate us “as the shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.” Okay, but what is the connection between sheep and goats with the Fearful Judgment? The parable of the Last Judgement Before answering, let’s first look at the parable: “But when the…

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The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, under the chairmanship of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, convened on Friday and, among others, discussed the standing difference with the Church of Antioch regarding canonical jurisdiction in Qatar. A subsequent announcement stated that following a meeting last year on Cyprus between…

The Romanian Orthodox Church this week announced a series of initiatives aimed to dissuade would-be mothers from choosing abortions, as well as to promote the rights of the unborn child. Among others, the Archdiocese of Iasi’s Pro Vita department, with the blessing of the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, announced the beginning of…

The Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, His Eminence Hilarion, disclosed that a meeting of Orthodox Primates will take place in Amman, Jordan next Wednesday. The meeting has been called by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III. The Russian Metropolitan, in fact, cited…

Thousands of people again took to the streets in cities around Montenegro for peaceful rallies against a controversial law passed last month by the government, one regarding religious institutions in the small Adriatic country. The Orthodox Church in Montenegro has very vocally charged that the law is mostly aimed against it, threatening its cathedrals, estates…

The Church today venerates the memory of Timothy the Righteous. St. Timothy took up monastic life from his youth, becoming a vessel of the Holy Spirit, and reposed in deep old age. The Church also venerates the memory of Eustathius, a fourth century Bishop of Antioch and prominent opponent of the heresy of Arianism.

The opening and operation of so-called Imam Hatip religious secondary schools in predominately Muslim Thursday has dramatically increased during the tenure of Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as both prime minister and today as president. The number of such schools around the predominately Muslim country, originally foreseen in the pre-war period as vocational institutes to train…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Beatitude Theodoros II, arrived in the southern Africa country of Malawi this week, accompanied by the Metropolitan of Axum, His Eminence Daniel, and by the Bishop of Malawi, His Grace Fotios. A doxology service was held at the Orthodox chapel of the Annunciation of…